# 3D Pinball – Space Cadet: a PlayStation 2 port

> This ports the Space Cadet pinball decompilation to the PlayStation 2. It is built with the PS2SDK. Game data from 3D Pinball Space Cadet or the Full Tilt! Pinball Cadet table goes in mass:/APPS/3DPINBALL on USB storage. The README says the Full Tilt table works on PCSX2 and not on real hardware.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/headshot2017/3dpinball-ps2>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/headshot2017/3dpinball-ps2/blob/4ebf89b2fd32fd396071fb23d72bb2be72d8202d/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/space-cadet-ps2/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/space-cadet-ps2/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/space-cadet-ps2/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The PS2SDK. The README names no license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/headshot2017/3dpinball-ps2/blob/4ebf89b2fd32fd396071fb23d72bb2be72d8202d/README.md>

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